Wallowing in Mediocrity discusses the shortcomings of the American education system and juxtaposes it to international education systems-ones that provide a meaningful, economical, and challenging education. This book provides a justification and means to emulate those systems that work while ridding the US of a slew of measures holding it back.
Wallowing in Mediocrity discusses the shortcomings of the American education system and juxtaposes it to international education systems-ones that provide a meaningful, economical, and challenging education. This book provides a justification and means to emulate those systems that work while ridding the US of a slew of measures holding it back.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jerald Goldstein has taught in both university and corporate settings, both in Germany and the United States. He has taught communication, comparative literature, English, and German for several universities, including Rutgers, The New School, NYU, Princeton, and the Johannes-Gutenberg Universität in Mainz, Germany
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Preface Acknowledgments SECTION I. Wallowing in Mediocrity: The Problem with the US Education System Chapter 1. Problems Besetting Both Secondary and Higher Education Chapter 2. Higher Education: Inefficiency Redefined (An Overview of the Multifaceted Problems Endemic to the United States) SECTION II. A Possible Paradigm: Detailed Description of Higher Education in Select Countries Throughout the World Chapter 3. How Standards are Implemented in Most Advanced Successful Global Education Systems: How Advanced Countries in Europe and Asia Provide a More Meaningful Educational Platform at All Levels, But Especially Post-Secondary Chapter 4. How All This Plays Out in Advanced Effective Programs Across the Globe SECTION III. Best Practices: How the United States can Emulate Countries with Effective Programs Chapter 5. Adopting and Implementing the Best Practices and Methods used in Effective Educational Programs Across the Globe Chapter 6. A Meaningful Role for the Community College Chapter 7. Accommodating Those Interested in Working for Industry and/or the Government Chapter 8. Regulating through Meaningful Legislation Chapter 9. Making College Affordable SECTION IV. Conclusion: Positive Moments to be Realized in Creating Meaningful Degrees Chapter 10. In Retrospect: Creating Meaningful Degrees Bibliography About the Author
Preface Acknowledgments SECTION I. Wallowing in Mediocrity: The Problem with the US Education System Chapter 1. Problems Besetting Both Secondary and Higher Education Chapter 2. Higher Education: Inefficiency Redefined (An Overview of the Multifaceted Problems Endemic to the United States) SECTION II. A Possible Paradigm: Detailed Description of Higher Education in Select Countries Throughout the World Chapter 3. How Standards are Implemented in Most Advanced Successful Global Education Systems: How Advanced Countries in Europe and Asia Provide a More Meaningful Educational Platform at All Levels, But Especially Post-Secondary Chapter 4. How All This Plays Out in Advanced Effective Programs Across the Globe SECTION III. Best Practices: How the United States can Emulate Countries with Effective Programs Chapter 5. Adopting and Implementing the Best Practices and Methods used in Effective Educational Programs Across the Globe Chapter 6. A Meaningful Role for the Community College Chapter 7. Accommodating Those Interested in Working for Industry and/or the Government Chapter 8. Regulating through Meaningful Legislation Chapter 9. Making College Affordable SECTION IV. Conclusion: Positive Moments to be Realized in Creating Meaningful Degrees Chapter 10. In Retrospect: Creating Meaningful Degrees Bibliography About the Author
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